The money the united states government has borrowed, plus interest, is known as the

surplus

deficit

interest

national debt

a(n) is a person who is paid to represent a group’s interests.

now

political freedom

interest group

lobbyist

the benefits received principle refers to taxes paid by people for a specific good or service and are built into the price.

true

false

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support is support from many individuals at the local level.

straight ticket

grassroots

secret ballot

split ticket

when a government has a its revenues equal its expenditures.

audit

deficit

surplus

balanced budget

a(n) is an election in which voters may vote for the candidates of either major party, whether or not they belong to that party.

closed primary

primary election

open primary

general election

a propaganda technique called is the use of an unpleasant label or description intended to harm a person, group, or product.

glittering generalities

testimonials

bandwagon

name-calling

as of 2012, a tax that must be paid on any gift of more than $13,000 is a(n)

property tax

estate tax

gift tax

excise tax

most middle class individuals will end up paying roughly 25% of their earnings in income taxes.

true

false

the tax on money people leave behind after their death is the

gift tax

estate tax

property tax

excise tax

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the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)

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